Ruy Lopez Closed

C96b: Spanish: Closed, Chigorin, 10.Bc2
'Leisure' (30 days + 3 days/move, max 60 days)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 d5 11. d4 Nxe4
Clock started on 07/16/2014
12. Nxe5 f6 13. Nd3 f5 14. Bf4 Nc4 15. b3 Ncd6 16. f3 Bh4 17. Re2 Ng3 18. Bxg3 Bxg3 19. Nd2 g6 20. Nf1 Bh4 21. g3 Bf6 22. Kg2 a5 23. Ne3 c6 24. a3 Bg7 25. Kh2 Ra7 26. Ng2 Re8 27. Qd2 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 Re7 29. Qd2 Nf7 30. h4 Qe8 31. Ngf4 Nd8 32. Nc5 Bh6 33. Bd3 Ne6 34. a4 Nxf4 35. gxf4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Qd8 37. Kg3 Qc7 38. Ba6 Bxa6 39. Nxa6 Qd6 40. Nc5 g5 41. hxg5 Bxg5 42. Nd3 Bh4+ 43. Kg2 Qg6+ 44. Kf1 Qg3 45. Qg2 Re3 46. Qxg3+ Bxg3 47. Kg2 Rxd3 48. Kxg3 Rxc3 49. Rxa5 Rxb3 50. Rc5 Rb6 51. Kh4 h6 52. Kh5 Kg7 53. Ra5 Rb2 54. Ra7+ Kf6 55. Kh4 Rb4 56. Rc7 Rc4 57. Rh7 Kg6 58. Rc7 Rc1 59. Rc8 Kg7 60. Rc7+ Kf6 61. Rh7 Kg6 62. Rc7 Rc2 63. Rc8 Kf7 64. Rh8 Rd2 65. Rh7+ Kg6 66. Rc7 Rh2+ 67. Kg3 Rc2 68. Kh4 Rc4 69. Kg3 Kf6 70. Rh7 Kg6 71. Rc7 Kh5 72. Rc8 Rc3=
Draw

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The Action Bar

The Action Bar is the most important part of the game screen, this is where you interact with the game by entering moves, conditional moves, comments, draw offers, resignations, and much more (if you are not viewing one of your own games, the Action Bar is not shown).  The Action Bar is in four parts, from left to right:

  1. The Move Input Box: where your move or conditional move is shown; it is possible to type into this box, but not recommended, you can enter your move by dragging and dropping the pieces on the board.
  2. The Action Selection Dropdown: this is where you select the action you want to do, for example, move, enter a comment, accept a draw offer, claim a draw, etc.  Only the actions which are relevant to the current game are shown.
  3. The Continue Button: this button sends your action back to our server; sometimes you might see a pop-up text box before the action is sent, this is so that you can write a message to your opponent.  You can set your preferences so that this box is always shown to confirm you move (under the "Chess Board" tab "Confirm moves before committing), some people find this helpful as a "blunder check".
  4. The Next Game button: clicking the button will take you to the next game for which it is your move.

The Game Information Panel

Under the Action Bar, you should find the Game Information Panel.  This gives you more information about the game; because there is too much information to see on one screen here, it is arranged into "tab"; you can move between the various screens by clicking the buttons, from left to right:

  1. Game Overview: this tab shows the full history of the game, including comments (you cannot read the comments from another player's game, unless the game is marked as "public"), leave taken, etc.  You can click the moves to see the position on the chess board.
  2. Hide Comments: this tab shows the moves of the game only, without the distraction of the comments shown on the game overview tab.
  3. Material Balance: this tab shows the captured pieces in the game.  If you are playing CrazyHouse chess, or a similar game, you can drag pieces from here to the board to make a "drop".
  4. Tags: You can "tag" games, this makes it easier to come back to games, you can find the games you have tagged from the game database screen.
  5. Variant Information: this tab is available for some chess variants, it will show you a description of the variant.
  6. Opening Information: In standard chess games, this tab will show you information about the chess opening you have been playing, taken from the Game Explorer.
  7. Analysis Board: Opening this tab will overlay an "analysis board" on the main chess board; you can move the pieces around freely on this board to try out various ideas in the game.
  8. Engine Analysis: This tab allows you to analyse the game using a chess engine; because the use of engines is not allowed on SchemingMind, this tab is not available for ongoing games.
  9. Help: If you are reading this, you have already figured out what the help button does!

The Chess Board

The chess board shows the current position in your game; if it is your move, or if you can enter a conditional move, you can drag and drop the pieces on the chess board.

If you wish to castle, simply drag your king over the rook on the side you wish to castle on.  When you promote a pawn, you will see a pop-up prompting you to select the promoted piece.

We have a number of different designs for chess boards and pieces, you can select the one you prefer from your personal preferences.

Under the chess board is a navigation toolbar (this toolbar looks slightly different if you are looking at the analysis board).

From left to right:

  • Settings: This button will bring up your chess board and pieces display settings.
  • Download Game: This button will allow you to download the game in PGN format.
  • Copy Position: This button will copy the position to your clipboard.
  • Move to Start: This button will show the start position of the game.
  • Previous Move: This button will move position shown on the board back one move.
  • Next Move: This button will show the next position on the board.
  • Last Move: This button will show the current position on the board.
  • Flip: This button will show the board from the other player's perspective (by default you see games from White's perspective unless you are Black; you can select an option to always show the board from White's perspective in your personal preferences).
  • Animate: If you are not looking at the last move in the game, this button will animate the game from the shown position to the last move.
  • Stop Animation: This button will stop the animation.
  • Analysis Board: This button will show the Analysis Board (see above).

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